Pictures of the day: 28 February 2013

A sedated lion is carried on a stretcher, at the estate of Ion Balint, a notorious gangster known to Romanians as Nutzu the Pawnbroker, in Bucharest. Authorities and the animal welfare charity Vier Pfoten removed four lions and two bears that were illegally kept on the estate of one of Romania's most notorious underworld figures. He reportedly used them to threaten his victims.Picture: Vadim Ghirda/AP